419 scam: "Steve Brown"<ms5500460@gmail.com> HOW YOU WON $ 7,300,000 MILLION PRIZE

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "ubabankgroup@safrica.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22968225243 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Steve Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <timocleve@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:04:26 +0100
Subject: HOW YOU WON $ 7,300,000 MILLION PRIZE

Good Day Beneficiary

We are glad to announce to that you have won the sum of USD $ 7,300,000 Million in this year edition which is organized by the Microsoft, UNITED KINGDOM. The MiCROSOFT Lucky draw is proudly sponsored by The Royal Family, Microsoft Corporation©, the Intel Group©, Toshiba©, Dell computers©, Mackintosh© and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.

We are proud to say that over $500,000.000.00 (Five Hundred Million United States Dollars) are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

HOW YOU WON $ 7,300,000 MILLION PRIZE......

We collect email addresses of people that are active online, among the Billions that are subscribed to email addresses worldwide, such as, AOL, Hotmail, Optusnet, Bigpond, Yahoo, Gmail, Google and including private domain users and also being a Microsoft user, your email qualify you in entering the draw. Ten email addresses are been selected in every
quarter of the year through an electronic balloting system without the winners applying or purchasing ticket for this draw.

For more information contact your zonal agent Timothy Cleveland, Tell: +229 68225243 Email: (ubabankgroup@safrica.com) he'll send your USD $ 7,300,000 Million on your request.

Thank you for cooperation
Best Regards
Steve Brown

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